Systems Architect

Career Opportunities with Novel Applications of Vital Information

A great place to work.

Careers At Novel Applications of Vital Information, Inc

At Novel Application, we’re focused on finding and keeping top talent. We are looking for highly motivated and experienced personnel who are willing to learn and share that knowledge with fellow employees. We believe that together we can solve any challenge that faces our customers.

Novel Applications is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

* All applicants must be a US Citizen

Residency Status: ALL CANDIDATES MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN

Security Clearance: ALL Candidates MUST currently Possess an Active TS/SCI w/FS polygraph for consideration of this position. No clearance sponsor ships for this position.

Time Type: Full-Time, Daytime Schedule – 100% onsite

Travel Reimbursement: Yes (within a 50-mile radius to the worksite)

Company Benefits: Yes

Position Location
: WMA
- Northern, VA Area

Close Date: Thursday, October 1, 2026

NAOVI (Novel Applications, Inc.) is a premier technology services company that provides solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Information Management and Systems Integration. NAOVI is a business that combines experience, creativity, flexibility, pragmatism, and cost-effective solutions in order to deliver measurable business value to our clients.

Headquartered in Fredericksburg, Virginia, NAOVI employs engineers, analysts, IT specialists and other professionals who strive to be the best at everything they do.

NAOVI is an AA/EEO Employer
- Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Visit our company website at  to review and apply for our current openings.

NAOVI is seeking a Systems Architect for the following task:

• All candidates must be U.S. Citizens. Required
• All candidates will need to currently possess an Active TSSCI w/FS polygraph for consideration of this position. Required
• Currently our company Does Not offer clearance sponsor ships for any of our positions.
• Demonstrated experience with enterprise architecture leadership in a complex, federated, regulated, or mission-oriented IT enterprise.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or maturing an EA practice, preferably from a low-maturity or start-up condition.
• Demonstrated experience with business architecture skills, including capability modeling, value streams, operating models, stakeholder outcomes, and investment framing.
• Demonstrated experience with technology strategy, portfolio management, lifecycle planning, technical-debt analysis, road mapping, and modernization.
• Demonstrated experience developing according to architecture principles, standards, patterns, reference architectures, and exception processes.
• Demonstrated experience with executive-level writing and briefing.
• Demonstrated experience with executive level facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder-influence skills.
• Demonstrated experience distinguishing strategic enterprise architecture from solution architecture, technical architecture, engineering execution, cybersecurity authority, and operational authority.

• 8+ to 10+ years of relevant SI experience within the Intelligence Community (IC) and a IT Bachelors degree. A college degree can be substituted for years of experience.

• Demonstrated experience producing decision-useful current-state, target-state, and transition architectures across multiple technology domains.
• Demonstrated experience with a working knowledge of relevant architecture frameworks and modeling methods, such as DoDAF (department of war architecture framework), UAF…